Local Waters
Scappoose Bay
Scappoose, OR · about 66 hours from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)
The bay that puts you on Multnomah Channel without a secret bar.
Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first
Around now
Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.
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Smallmouth bass
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Trout
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Sunfish and crappie
Also worth a thought: Largemouth bass.
- Season
- Legal on many waters. West-side streams drop and warm. Fish dawn. Confirm ODFW. Official rule
- License
- Oregon angling license (ODFW)
- Park
- Scappoose Bay Marina public ramp off Old Portland Rd. County marina.
- Walk in
- Short walk from the public lot.
- Wading
- Boat and marina bank. Shallow bay.
- Usual window
- Warmwater most of the year; salmon in the channel on official seasons.
- Saturday conditions
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Wind 17 mph on open water. Try a sheltered bank.
- Sky
- ☀️ 88° fair
- Sun and moon
- Rise 9:19 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 11:10
- Wind at dawn
- W 17 mph · Patchy Blowing Dust · 88°F
- Wind later
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- dawn: W 17 mph
- 10am: W 17 mph
- 2pm: W 17 mph
- dusk: W 17 mph
- A setup that belongs here
- 6-wt bass bugs or a spinning rod.
- Notes
- ODFW 50-in-60 Portland. Named public marina. Confirm ODFW.
Log this trip
Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.
Shops
The Portland Fly Shop
1627 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR 97209
Tue–Fri 10am–7pm, Sat 10am–5pm, Sun 10am–3pm (confirm)
NW Portland fly shop. Steelhead and trout. Guided trips through the shop.
Northwest Fly Fishing Outfitters
10910 NE Halsey St, Portland, OR 97220
Call
NE Portland fly shop. Classes and guided steelhead/trout.
Guides
Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.
No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.